Gilbert Joseph Brinsden
Item
Title
Gilbert Joseph Brinsden
Who?
Gilbert Joseph Brinsden
Item(s)
Extract from book
Story
Gilbert Joseph Brinsden, whose family had emigrated to Australia in the 1850s, was born in the 1870s. He owned a shop in Australia and was sent a letter with a white feather in early 1917 because he had not volunteered to fight. This encouraged him to sign up, and he was killed in October 1917.
When?
1917
Where?
Passchendaele
Contributor
Inez Brinsden
Collection Day
Faringdon
This item was submitted on February 4, 2019